Tuesday, May 08, 2007

'Tis the season, as you probably gathered from my previous post. It's a busy time, full of giving (exams and grades) and getting (grief/praise, neither, often, deserved). But that very fact makes my hosting this week's carnival of the Kansas Guild of Bloggers a pleasant diversion. With no further ado, then . . . Kevin Surbaugh, better known as the Prince of Thrift, recently appeared on television and in the newspaper in Topeka as he and Rep. Nancy Boyda promoted a national day of recognition for foster parents. Here, he announces that he has hopes for still more. Best of luck, Kevin.

In the rather straightforwardly-titled "Why my butt hurts," Joel Mathis of Cup o' Joel . . . well, let's just say that students at Mennonite colleges have rather odd ways of dealing with repressed sexual urges.

Joel also was kind enough to recommend that we include this post by his fellow l.com-er Jill Ensley, in which she recounts a recent trip to New Orleans. Beautiful/sad pictures accompany her post. Do go read and see her work--it is painful but important to be reminded that far too much remains to be done in that city.

Lyn Perry appears to have revived Bloggin' Out Loud from its moribund state--good news for this most-visited and linked-to Kansas blog. This week he submits Blue star turns gold, a post in honor of a friend's son who was recently killed in Iraq. [Aside: my mother told me tonight that my brother called her yesterday from Baghdad, from whence he and his unit will go elsewhere in Iraq. Already 102 degrees there, he says.]

Ariel, I doubt, has a set list of household responsibilities for son Aidan to tend to, but he's not one to discourage, either.

It's from today, but C Mac of Bleeding Kansas has a concise summary of some facts concerning the Greensburg tornado.